I live in a tiny northern British Columbia community with one theater. I just saw Sin City last night and according to the theater preview posters, until at least June 6th, no Star Wars. I have to drive 3 hours south to go see it.

No way is R2-D2 the unsung hero. He's definitely more useful than C-3PO, but come on... does he blow up the Death Star (either time)? Confront Vader twice? At best, he's Luke's assistant (Death Star run, lightsaber trick in Return Of The Jedi) and faithful companion.

Actually, if you want to get into it (and I do), I have a tough time finding a hero for the whole story arc. Kenobi is a failed hero. Anakin winds up saving the day in Episode VI, but that's only beecause of Luke, who is probably the closest thing to a hero in the entire trilogy. Han Solo isn't the hero by any stretch of the imagination, even if he is a critical character.

Originally posted by knox No way is R2-D2 the unsung hero. He's definitely more useful than C-3PO, but come on... does he blow up the Death Star (either time)? Confront Vader twice? At best, he's Luke's assistant (Death Star run, lightsaber trick in Return Of The Jedi) and faithful companion.

But it's Artoo who carried the plans for the Death Star so that a weakness could be found...

He alerts Han, Luke and Obi-Wan to Leia being aboard the Death Star, otherwise she would have been executed.

He repaired the Millenium Falcon in Empire so that Luke, Leia and Lando could escape, and rescue Han later.